Here\u2019s why Dunkin Donuts renamed its small iced coffee to \u201cShort King\u201d Dunkin DonutsDunkin Donuts has renamed its small iced latte \u201cShort King.\u201d But what does \u201cShort King\u201d actually mean and why have they done this? To signify the beginning of the Spring season, Dunkin Donuts revealed that it would be renaming its small iced coffee drink, opting to call the drink after a popular and well-known meme. \u201cIn honor of the first day of Spring and all our loyal Short King fans out there, beginning March 19, a Dunkin\u2019 small iced regular coffee will be available in the Dunkin\u2019 App under the name \u201cThe Short King.\u201d As announced by the fast food chain, the new label is only temporary, available through until March 26. While some customers may immediately understand the reference behind the new name, some have been left scratching their heads in confusion. Why did Dunkin Donuts rename its small iced coffee to \u201cShort King?\u201d In order to explain why Dunkin Donuts renamed their small iced coffee \u201cShort King\u201d, we must first look at the origins and meaning behind the expression. Short King is a term that has come about in recent years thanks to the constantly evolving discourse surrounding the importance of height for men or male-identifying people. This expression has been picking up momentum via social media across late 2018 and throughout 2019 in particular. Short King refers typically to men who are under the height of 6 feet. However, the expression has since expanded its meaning to any and everyone who may be standing on the shorter end of the height measurement scale. The title Short King has spawned various memes and gifs across social media, with notable male influencers and actors such as Tom Holland even being labeled as a \u201cShort King.\u201d In the case of Holland, this title has been synonymous with the actor after it was confirmed that he was dating Zendaya, a fellow performer who is in fact taller than Holland. Therefore, playing into the meme, Dunkin Donuts chose to only name their small iced latte Short King and not instead add Medium King and Large King to the other sizes as well. After all, the meme and expression only exist as a way to compliment those who may not be the tallest in a crowd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here\u2019s why Dunkin Donuts renamed its small iced coffee to \u201cShort King\u201d Dunkin DonutsDunkin Donuts has renamed its small iced latte \u201cShort King.\u201d But what does \u201cShort King\u201d actually mean and why have they done this? To signify the beginning of the Spring season, Dunkin Donuts revealed that it would be renaming its small iced […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}